Baby Arctic Marble Fox

In the wild most individuals do not live past their first year.

Baby arctic marble fox.

It is well adapted to living in cold environments and is best known for its thick warm fur that is also used as camouflage. It was the result of a genetic mutation or color phase when breeding together a red fox and an arctic fox. The arctic fox vulpes lagopus also known as the white fox polar fox or snow fox is a small fox native to the arctic regions of the northern hemisphere and common throughout the arctic tundra biome. Buba the 3 5 weeks old white shadow blue eyed arctic fox enjoying some snuggles.

I used clay faux fur and wire frame also acrylic paint and varnish 23 6 inches in length from nose to tail 19 inches in height from ears to paws 60 cm in. Unlike the wolves foxes don t hunt in packs they are more of a lone hunter. An absolutely perfect specimen of this year s litter. According to the fur commission usa the first arctic marble fox was reportedly born from a silver fox litter in norway in 1945 at the farm of a man named sverre omber.

It is 100 handmade. When it comes to the exotic marble fox also known as the arctic marble fox because they are from alaska or the canadian region they can adapt to the cold and live for 3 4 years in the wild. Jan 23 2020 the work will take about 6 8 weeks.